#E6C750#E6C750
#E6C750 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C750 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 199, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 75%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.88, -2.17, 61.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.88, 61.62, 92.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.45% -0.011 0.1396) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.45% 0.14 94.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5071, 58.2519, 15.9606) |
| Luminance | 0.5825 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.68
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.54
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.02
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.04
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.20
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C750 #506FE6
analogous
#E67C50 #E6C750 #BAE650
triadic
#E6C750 #50E6C7 #C750E6
tetradic
#E6C750 #50E67C #506FE6 #E650BA
square
#E6C750 #50E67C #506FE6 #E650BA
split-complementary
#E6C750 #50BAE6 #7C50E6
monochromatic
#A48717 #DAB31F #E6C750 #EED886 #F5E9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E6C750 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.65
#E6C750 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C750
12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C750 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C750 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.65 | 12.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC342
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B8AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c750; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.140 94.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d786',
500: '#e6c750',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c750; $custom-light: #f1d786; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c750",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 199,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.6,
"s": 75,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83449,
"c": 0.13999,
"h": 94.5
},
"luminance": 0.58249
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C750
secondary
#344BA6
accent
#38D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF3
border
#D7D4CD
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F